I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed.

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success because a few people survived on life-rafts.

An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

We do not need presidents who are bigger than the country, but rather ones who speak for it and support it.

As long as the differences and diversities of mankind exist, democracy must allow for compromise, for accommodation, and for the recognition of differences.

This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.

Vote against anything introduced with a "re" in it, especially reforms, reorganizations, and recodifications. This usually means going back to something that failed once and is likely to do so again.

We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense.

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

Whatever is morally necessary must be made politically possible.

The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.

God gives a new grace for every new quest.

I'm really grateful for all the projects I've been involved in and the parts I've played.

Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.

It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.

Why I'm not where you are ...

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

To pray is no small thing. It is nothing less than a sacred pilgrimage into the heart of the whole world.